People see you as an object, not as a person, and they project a set of expectations onto you. People who don't have it think beauty is a blessing, but actually it sets you apart.

Quote by Candice Bergen

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Self-acceptance has been a blessed by-product of middle age.

Self-acceptance has been a blessed by-product of middle age.

I've never felt more comfortable in my skin, I've never enjoyed life as much and...

I've never felt more comfortable in my skin, I've never enjoyed life as much and...

Men say they love independence in a woman, but they don't waste a second demolishing...

Men say they love independence in a woman, but they don't waste a second demolishing...

When are you going to realize that if it doesn't apply to me it doesn't...

When are you going to realize that if it doesn't apply to me it doesn't...

Were women meant to do everything - work and have babies?

Were women meant to do everything - work and have babies?

I guess I was a mom so late in life, my daughter was the greatest...

I guess I was a mom so late in life, my daughter was the greatest...

Though beauty gives you a weird sense of entitlement, it's rather frightening and threatening to...

Though beauty gives you a weird sense of entitlement, it's rather frightening and threatening to...

I didn't have a financial need, and I wasn't very gifted at relationships. I probably...

I didn't have a financial need, and I wasn't very gifted at relationships. I probably...

I was getting offers. I had just turned them down. Then I realized I should...

I was getting offers. I had just turned them down. Then I realized I should...

Dreams are, by definition, cursed with short life spans

Dreams are, by definition, cursed with short life spans

It's impossible to be more flat-chested than I am.

It's impossible to be more flat-chested than I am.

Not that we didn't have close relationships with our parents - I'm very close to...

Not that we didn't have close relationships with our parents - I'm very close to...

Memory is the first casualty of middle age, if I remember correctly.

Memory is the first casualty of middle age, if I remember correctly.

It's not just in Hollywood that women run the risk of being passed by once...

It's not just in Hollywood that women run the risk of being passed by once...

Dreams are, by definition, cursed with short life spans.

Dreams are, by definition, cursed with short life spans.

I never have really said much about the whole episode, which was endless. But his...

I never have really said much about the whole episode, which was endless. But his...

Beauty set up distance between other people and me. It warped their behavior.

Beauty set up distance between other people and me. It warped their behavior.

The fastest way to pass your own expectations is to add passion to your labor.

The fastest way to pass your own expectations is to add passion to your labor.

If you're not just a little bit nervous before a match, you probably don't have...

If you're not just a little bit nervous before a match, you probably don't have...

When people come to you for help, do not turn them off with pious words,...

When people come to you for help, do not turn them off with pious words,...